AO 2006-05 Amended Administrative Order No. 2006-05 Sealing… — 4th Cir., FL · BenchPath

4th Cir. — AO 2006-05 Amended Administrative Order No. 2006-05 Sealing Court Records

High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Administrative OrdersFourth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 2006-05, filed 10/12/2006, published on the Duval Clerk's administrative-orders store — sha256-hashed 2026-08-03

Summary

9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 2006-05.

Applies to

Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

• This Amended Administrative Order sets forth procedures that shall be followed for sealing court records or portions of court files or documents in the Fourth Judicial Circuit in accordance with Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.420, and all persons are under a continuing legal obligation to review and follow Rule 2.420 for it may have been amended, renumbered, or modified since the date of this Order. a. • Effective immediately, any person filing any document that contains any confidential information described or listed under 2.420(d)(l)(B) shall, at the time of filing, file with the Clerk a “Notice of Confidential Information within Court Filing”similar to the form provided on page 778 at In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420, 31 So.3d 756, 778 (Fla. • Such Notice shall contain all of the identifying infonnation required by Rule 2.420(d)(2)(A)-(C). a. • Pursuant to Rule 2.420(d)(2), any of the matters requested to be sealed under Rule 2.420(d)(l)(B) upon a filer’s “Notice of Confidential Information within Court Filing” shall be reviewed by the Clerk of Court, and once approved, shall be automatically sealed without the necessity of a court order. • Once an Order to seal is entered, the Clerk’s Office must collect the service charge, prior to sealing a court record. • The Clerk must post a copy of the order on the Clerk’s Website and in a “prominent public location” in each County Courthouse within 10 days of the order, for no less than 30 days. • If a nonparty requests to vacate an order issued under Rule 2.420(e)(5)(civil) or under Rule 2.420(d)(l)(B) (i.e., all listed confidential items requiring a Notice except those under subdivision (c)(7) and (8)), the request must be filed by a written motion pursuant to 2.420(e)(5). • Vacating an Order to Seal - Responsibilities of a Movant When a member of the press or the public seeks access to a sealed court file, sealed progress docket, sealed “court record” or sealed identity of an individual in a case, a written “Motion to Unseal” shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court and a copy of the motion shall be provided to the Judge who entered the order sealing the file, record, progress docket or identity of a party. • If the movant is unable to ascertain the name and address(es) at which to provide notice to the parties, the motion shall reference this Administrative Order and state in prominent or boldface type that the movant requests that a “Notice of Hearing on the Motion to Unseal” be provided to the Judge; to the movant; to the parties in the case, and to their attomeys of record, if any. l2.

Source of truth

This Amended Administrative Order sets forth procedures that shall be followed for sealing court records or portions of court files or documents in the Fourth Judicial Circuit in accordance with Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.420, and all persons are under a continuing legal obligation to review and follow Rule 2.420 for it may have been amended, renumbered, or modified since the date of this Order. a.

Official source: Duval County Clerk of Courts — Fourth Circuit administrative orders
Source health: Healthy · checked October 4, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 3, 2026benchpath-4th-close-2026-08-03

Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 93bd67a2236a2cfc…). Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.

High confidence· verified September 8, 2026Fourth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10, filed 05/29/1997, published on the Duval Clerk's administrative-orders store — sha256-hashed 2026-08-03

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High confidence· verified August 3, 2026